Brake efficiency below requirements on the Volvo V70

Brake efficiency below requirements on the Volvo V70 is recorded on 3,032 tests — 2.1% of all its MOT tests, against 0.9% across every car in the data. That is 2.3× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	0.9% of tests record it — this model is 2.3× that share
The 283 models compared	49 of 283, highest first
The model's own record	146,306 tests · every year of the V70 →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volvo V70 tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.

Year by year

In 2000, 3.1% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2013, 0.3%. The share has fallen 2.8 points over that time. Worst year 2004 at 4.4%; best 2010 at 0.2%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	156	4,959	3.1%
2001	228	6,154	3.7%
2002	378	8,999	4.2%
2003	383	9,783	3.9%
2004	498	11,277	4.4%
2005	525	12,927	4.1%
2006	403	9,943	4.0%
2007	267	10,101	2.6%
2008	32	12,363	0.3%
2009	40	13,846	0.3%
2010	25	10,333	0.2%
2011	23	7,507	0.3%
2012	24	5,628	0.4%
2013	21	6,179	0.3%

Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.

What it costs

A typical UK repair for this item is £45–£110 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →

Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.

Where this sits

Brake efficiency below requirements: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Volvo V70 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Volvo model →